RELEVANTmagazine.com is the daily-updated, user-driven counterpart to RELEVANT magazine. The website receives hundreds of thousands of visitors and more than 4 million page views each month, and the print magazine has now surpassed more than 75,000 in circulation. In just five years, RELEVANT has become a leading voice for our generation. To get the full RELEVANT experience (and the really good articles and interviews) you need to subscribe to the magazine! But don’t worry, there’s a ton to do on the website too. We’re continually adding new features to the website. Some of the latest additions are The Drop and RELEVANT.tv, our groundbreaking broadband music video channel; and the weekly RELEVANT Podcast. After you check out the site, sign up for a subscription and watch some videos, be sure to visit the other members of the RELEVANT family – Neue, our ministry resource branch; our sister online magazine, Radiant; and RELEVANTstore.com, featuring the best independent art, apparel, books and more. To get some exclusive content in your in box each Monday, be sure to sign up for our weekly newsletter, 850 WORDS OF RELEVANT. It’s the best email you’ll receive all week (and no, we won’t give your email address to anyone else).
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WHO WE ARE:
We get a lot of emails asking who we are, so here it is: We’re twentysomething Christians. We want to break stereotypes, challenge status-quo and enact change through the media. We’re seeking God, living life and striving to impact the world around us. It’s pretty simple, really. Oh yeah, and we’re a self-contained, for-profit business not affiliated with any other companies, denominations or organizations. OUR PURPOSE:
Relevant Media Group is a multimedia company whose purpose is to impact culture and show that a relationship with God is relevant and essential to a fulfilled life.What We Believe
RELEVANT is a multimedia company looking to impact culture with the message that even though religion may be seen as irrelevant, a personal relationship with God is a relevant — and vital — aspect of a fulfilled life. We want to engage people in a conversation about faith. We want to challenge worldviews and cause people to see God outside the box they’ve put Him in.
We believe that God is alive and well and moving outside the four walls of the church (sometimes moreso than in it). That’s why we cover life issues and entertainment — to look at the things impacting our lives and culture. We believe a lot can be learned by looking more deeply at things that challenge you.
But we also believe in the importance of the Church and want to stop the mass exodus of our generation leaving it. We want to enact change from within (which is one of the reasons we started the RELEVANT Network).
Christians can’t be complacent living in a Christian bubble and never engaging the world they live in. We want to live the way Jesus did, hanging out with the very people religious leaders turned up their nose at. Through relationship, love and understanding the world was changed. We don’t believe in legalism and bigotry. We believe in dialogue — about Truth, about faith, about freedom in Christ.
Whether 20 years into it or just starting out, if you’re at this website you’re probably on a spiritual journey. Christianity is not a destination. No one has it all figured out. And because of that you’ll find that the articles in RELEVANT probably ask more questions than give answers, which is something we feel is vital to our spiritual growth. We need to never stop pursuing Truth and authenticity with passion.
But we do believe. We believe that eternal life and the only true freedom is found in Christ. We believe that a relationship with Him changes things forever. You are not the person you used to be after you find Him. You may not be perfect — we’re all sinners, after all — but you don’t live life the way you used to. Jesus told us to be in the world, yet not of it. We’re supposed to stand out and make a difference. We’re supposed to live for something bigger than ourselves.
Like we said, that’s not something we can magically attain overnight. Following Christ and figuring out what it means to be like Him is a life-long quest. It’s the hardest, longest and most rewarding thing we will ever undertake. It is what will define us — not only in this life, but the life to come.
For more information about Christianity, we recommend checking out the Bible (it is the source, after all) and finding a good local church where you can meet other people like you. Luckily, we have a directory of good ones right here. For all of you who want more theology about the Christian faith, here goes. We borrowed this from a church we like:
The Bible
We believe the Bible is the written Word of God. It leads us to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Being given by God the Scriptures are both fully and verbally inspired by God. Therefore, as originally given, the Bible is free of error in all it teaches. Each book is to be interpreted according to its context and purpose. All believers are exhorted to study the Scriptures and diligently apply them to their lives. The Scriptures are the authoritative and normative rule and guide of all Christian life, practice, and doctrine.
God Is Triune
There is one God: infinite, eternal, almighty, and perfect in holiness, truth, and love. In the unity of the godhead there are three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, co-existent, co-equal, co-eternal. The Father is not the Son and the Son is not the Holy Spirit, yet each is truly Deity. One God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – is the foundation of Christian faith and life.
God the Father
God the Father is the Creator of heaven and earth. He is faithful to every promise, works all things together for good to those who love him, and in his unfathomable grace gave his Son Jesus Christ for mankind’s redemption. He made man for fellowship with himself, and intended that all creation should live to the praise of his glory.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary. He was perfect in nature, teaching and obedience. He is fully God and fully man. He was always with God and is God. He is the only Savior for the sins of the world, having shed his blood and died a vicarious death on Calvary’s cross. By his death in our place, he revealed the divine love and upheld divine justice, removing our guilt and reconciling us to God. Having redeemed us from sin, the third day he rose bodily from the grave, victorious over death and the powers of darkness and for a period of forty days appeared to over five hundred witnesses, performing many convincing proofs of his resurrection. He ascended into heaven where, at God’s right hand, he intercedes for his people and rules as Lord over all. He is the Head of his body, the Church.
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life, convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. Through the proclamation of the gospel he persuades men to repent of their sins and confess Jesus as Lord. By the same Spirit a person is led to trust in divine mercy. The Holy Spirit unites believers to Jesus Christ in faith, brings about the new birth, and dwells within the regenerate. The Holy Spirit has come to glorify the Son who in turn came to glorify the Father. He will lead the Church into a right understanding and rich application of the truth of God’s Word.
The Church
The Church is not a religious institution or denomination. Rather, the Church universal is made up of those who have become genuine followers of Jesus Christ and have personally appropriated the gospel. The Church exists to worship and glorify God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It also exists to serve him by faithfully doing his will in the earth. This involves a commitment to see the gospel preached and churches planted in all the world for a testimony. The ultimate mission of the Church is the making of disciples through the preaching of the gospel.
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